Best Rooting Tools to Root HTC One M8

Under many circumstances, you want to root your Android phone. Whether you want to get more accessibility and make the better use out of the device, or just delete some unwanted pre-installed applications, you can easily do it through rooting your phone. If you are a HTC One M8 user and wonder how to root HTC One M8, you are at the right place. We will show you some best Android rooting tools to help you root your HTC One M8 phone. Just keep reading to find the best answer.

• Part 1: What is root
• Part 2: Top rooting software
• Part 3: How to root HTC One M8

Part 3: How to root HTC One M8

Before you start to root your device, you should know more about the Android rooting process. If you know much about root an Android phone, you can skip this part.

Root, also rooting, as the Wikipedia explained, is the process of allowing users of smartphones, tablets and other devices running the Android mobile operating system to attain privileged control (known as root access) over various Android subsystems. You can overcome the limitations that carriers and hardware manufacturers put on the devices by rooting.

Root benefits and risk

Benefits: Rooting Android can give you more privileged control of your phone. You can check, uninstall and install applications or files pr-installed by the manufacturer.

Risk: A failure rooting may cause your phone turn to brick. So you had better take care of rooting your phone and choose the trust-worthy rooting software.

Top rooting software

How to root HTC One M8

Here we take One Click Root as an example to show you how to root HTC One M8.

Rooting HTC One M8 Preparation

• A computer running Windows 10/8/7/XP
• A USB cable
• An HTC One M8 (international version) with at least 75% battery charged
• One Click Root app

Step 1 Download One Click Root

Download, install and launch One Click Root on your computer.

Step 2 Set USB debugging

Unlock your HTC phone, debug USB mode by tapping "Settings" > "Develop options" > slide "USB debugging" to ON. This step will enable you to manage your phone without notifications on computer.

Step 3 Connect HTC One M8 to PC

Connect your HTC One M8 phone to computer with USB cable. One Click Root will automatically detect your phone.

Step 4 Root HTC One M8

If your Android files like contacts, messages, videos, photos and so on get lost, you may need this:

Click "ROOT NOW" button to start to root HTC One M8. The rooting process will take some time, you should wait patiently. When the rooting process is finished, your phone will reboot itself.